[Tolik]

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[Tax-chick]

later

[G.Mason]

"So Kerry flip and flops like a fish out of water, suggesting that his heart is with Howard Dean while his mind concurs with George Bush — and thus his schizophrenia is on the verge of leading his party to a landslide defeat in the electoral college, and the loss of all branches of government with it. Americans simply have never voted for leaders who insult their allies on the battlefield, claim that their soldiers are losing, and shrug that the war is about lost. And they surely won't this time either."

There you have it folks!

The truth is that this seemingly "good" performance by Kerry, (according to many here in Freeper Land) is simply a typical weak-kneed reaction, typical of those who look at style over substance.

In time, I suppose, these doubting Thomases will begin to understand why they aren't making a living being advisors to political campaigns.

In the meanwhile, the rest of us will just have to suffer these fools.

[goldstategop]

Kerry is a slave to the mercurial winds of opinion. He usually tries to straddle the divide and then come down on whatever is popular at a given time.

[Angry Enough]

Excellent, as usual.

[Tolik]

http://victorhanson.com/articles/hanson093004B.html

September 30, 2004
Spread Democracy
What to ask John Kerry .
by Victor Davis Hanson
New York Times

How might you explain the apparent abrupt change in policy of Libya; the unexpected removal of Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb; and the about-face in Saudi Arabia - and what precise plans do you have to induce similar such positive changes in attitude in Iran, Lebanon and Syria?

In January, you promised to be a president who "reduces the overall need for deployment of American forces in the globe - and I mean North Korea, Germany and the rest of the world." More recently, however, you have chastised President Bush for saying that he will do precisely that, suggesting that his "hastily announced plan raises more doubts about our intentions and our commitments than it provides real answers." As president, would you send those departing American troops back into Germany and on the Korean Peninsula to restore previous levels? And if not, why?

President Bush was the first American president to isolate Yasir Arafat. Do you agree with the president's radical step of ostracizing Mr. Arafat? If so, would you also ensure that he is no longer a party to the Middle East peace negotiations?

[shezza]

VDH Bump!

[Petronski]

By contrast, Nicias, McClellan, and Chamberlain were slaves to public opinion.

Just like Lurch.